Sino-Indian first ever war games to be held in Kunming
New Delhi (PTI): Foes for over four decades across the long Himlayan frontier, Indian and Chinese armies will kick off their first ever joint military exercises next month, marking a sign of warm up in relationships. The first ever Army to Army exercises would be held in in the third week of December in the Chinese city of Kunming, the capital town of Yunnan province facing Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar, according to defence officials here.
Over 100 Indian army personnel and an equal number of Red army soldiers will exercise on anti-terrorism manoeuvres in the Joint war games. Though Indian and Chinese Navies have held joint exercises in the South China sea, this would be for the first time that Land forces would be interacting. Prior to exercises, Army officials from both the countries would be meeting in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Army's Eastern Command next week to fix up the dates and tenure of the war games.
The go ahead for the exercises was given in Beijing earlier this month at the first ever annual Defence Dialogue between India and China. Bimal Julka, Joint Secretary in the defence ministry headed the Indian delegation.
